New health-care and supportive housing facility planned for Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside – CBC
Centre to be named after philanthropist and former public health nurse, Lily Lee
Nov 09, 2022
A new health-care and housing facility is being planned for Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside neighbourhood in hopes it can fill a much-needed gap in care for those living without a home.
The Lily Lee Health Centre, located at 58 West Hastings St., will act as an integrated health-care centre run by Vancouver Coastal Health, and will include 230 housing units — both desperately needed in the area.
Lily Lee, the centre’s namesake, was born and raised in Alert Bay, a village on Cormorant Island, on northeast Vancouver Island.
She left home at 16 to attend the University of British Columbia, where she studied to become a nurse, and ultimately became a public health nurse in the Downtown Eastside and its surrounding areas.
“Back then it was … simpler,” the 87-year-old told On The Coast host Gloria Macarenko.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/lily-lee-health-centre-downtown-eastside-1.6645456
